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Photo gallery: Recapping Clash Miami in words and pictures
Formerly known as Challenge North America, Clash Endurance arrived on the scene last December with Clash Daytona, an event with a storied past that had included high-quality video coverage provided by...
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RED-S: What’s That?
RED-S stands for Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport. It happens when athletes eat insufficient food relative to the number of calories they burn. Runners and triathletes who enjoy the “See Food Diet”...
View ArticleWorld Triathlon Executive Board member suspended over handling of athlete...
On June 26, 2020, 22-year-old South Korean Triathlon Choi Suk-hyeon committed suicide after undergoing “years of abuse” from coaches and a physical therapist. The head coach of her club, Kim Gym-bong...
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An inside look at Daniela Ryf’s new custom cockpit
Before she competed at Ironman 70.3 Dubai earlier this month, we reported that Daniela Ryf would be competing at the race with a brand-new cockpit that had been custom designed by Swiss Side. That got...
View ArticlePTO to host World Triathlon Long Distance Worlds alongside Collins Cup
The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) announced last year that it would be offering age group racing alongside its elite events in the PTO Tour. Today we’ve learned that the organization will...
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The 8 most common running injuries and why they happen
If you run consistently for long enough, there’s a good chance you’ll experience a running-related injury, and there’s also a good chance it’ll be one of these eight common problems. Whether it’s in...
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5 reasons normal limits do not apply at Ironman races in Lanzarote
It’s hard to believe that this will be the 10th anniversary edition of Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote. (Even harder to believe that it will be the 30th anniversary of the full-distance race on the Canary...
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Bergere and Matthews overcome a fast field and tough conditions at 70.3...
There was no stopping Leo Bergere and Kat Matthews at the 10th anniversary edition of Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote – the pair took the title in dramatically different styles, overcoming a competitive field...
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Loving Lanzarote: A tough day caught in pictures
Last week we talked about how tough a race Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote is. This year the conditions were about as tame as they could be, but that still made for a dramatic, and tough race, won by Kat...
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Long sets himself up as St. George favourite with another win at Challenge...
After a big win at Clash Miami, Sam Long (USA) made the trip to Puerto Varas, Chile to compete at the inaugural Challenge event there, where he took another impressive win, while American Haley Chura...
View ArticleIt just got easier to enter an Ironman
While many observers feel that there are already more than enough participants on most Ironman courses, the company says it has come up with ways to optimize and expand event space safely so that it...
View ArticleAnxiety-inducing TT bikes and more lessons Jess Learmonth learned from her...
Great Britain’s Jessica Learmonth has taken a step to the “dark side” (as some of her World Triathlon competitors like to call the move to long-distance racing.) Last year the World Triathlon star...
View ArticleMontreal to host World Triathlon Para Series event in 2022
We’ll have a chance to see the likes of Stefan Daniel (pictured above on his way to a bronze medal in Tokyo last year) and Kamylle Frenette compete in their home country again this year as Montreal...
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A new way to get the bike you want
The past few years has seen a bike boom, which is a good thing – unless you want a bike. Sales have gone through the roof both in traditional brick and mortar stores, as well as online. Although people...
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Arena Games field starts to take shape with some big names confirmed
The Arena Games Triathlon powered by Zwift burst onto the triathlon scene a couple of years ago at a time when “regular” racing had come to a halt thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year the series...
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Fast bikes ready to go … hot set ups we saw in transition at Ironman 70.3...
With many of the competitors gearing up for the Ironman World Championship in St. George in May, last weekend’s Ironman 70.3 Lanzarote race featured a number of big names who were using the race as a...
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Running 250 km through the desert: it’s time for the Marathon des Sables
It all started in 1984 when Patrick Bauer (who was 28 at the time) took on a completely self-sufficient 12-day journey across the Sahara Desert, covering 350 km on foot. Two years later the first...
View ArticleWill the Ironman World Championship move from Kona? Maybe, says CEO Andrew...
Ironman CEO Andrew Messick has been known to float ideas through interviews in the past, and he appeared to use a recent interview with Mark Allen as an opportunity to feel the waters on whether or not...
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Madness in Morocco: Canadians get ready for the Marathon des Sables
Yvan L’Heureux (pictured above) has competed in many ultra-marathon events over the years, including the TransPyranea, a 900 km event with over 55,000 m of elevation gain, but the Marathon des Sables...
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Sand, sun, heat … and more sand: Day 1 of the Marathon des Sables in words...
They call it the toughest footrace on earth and, based on today’s first stage of the 36th edition of the Marathon des Sables (MDS), it’s easy to understand why. Just covering the event was enough of a...
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